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Author:   Richard Polt ,  Jon Wittrock
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9781786610935

ISBN 10:   1786610930
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   22 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Richard Polt and Jon Wittrock / 1. Environmental Cosmopolitanism as a Philosophy for the Anthropocene, Amos Nascimento / 2. The Coming of the Post-Axial Age, John Michael Greer / 3. On Nature and Liberation, Timothy Sean Quinn / 4. Eidetic Eros and the Liquidation of the Real, Richard Polt / 5. Odysseus on the Beach: Humanity between the Anthropocene and the Hubriscene, Gregory Fried / 6. Starting from Ourselves as Living Beings, Luce Irigaray / 7. Philosophy’s Homecoming, Michael Marder / 8. The Uncanny Anthropocene, Byron Williston / 9. Which Way I Fly: Reforming Nihilism in the Anthropocene, Jon Wittrock / 10. Ecological Finitude as Ontological Finitude: Radical Hope in the Anthropocene, Fernando Flores and B. Scot Rousse / 11. The Voices of Nature: Toward a Polyphonic Conception of Philosophy, Thomas Alexander / Index / About the Contributors

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The identification of the Anthropocene brought a new perspective on time and human impact on the environment. Philosophers were major contributors to discussions around the rise of modern technology and the dramatic transformation of the earth in its wake. Their continued contribution to the debate on the human impact on the planet is urgent. This impressive book is an excellent example.--Bo Strath, Professor Emeritus in Nordic, European and World History, University of Helsinki What is the task of philosophy in the Anthropocene? One thing is for certain: we cannot merely rely upon established conceptual systems but rather must think deeply and question boldly as we reconsider what it means to be. This impressive array of axial echoes offers a glimpse of what it would mean to renegotiate human existence in the Anthropocene.--Casey Rentmeester, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bellin College, USA

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Richard Polt is Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University. With Gregory Fried he has translated Heidegger’s Introduction to Metaphysics and Being and Truth, and edited A Companion to Heidegger’s “Introduction to Metaphysics” and Nature, History, State: 1933-1934. Jon Wittrock is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Södertörn University, Sweden.

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